[PATCH 02/19] initramfs: use vfs_stat/lstat directly

2015-05-06 Thread Arnd Bergmann
sys_newlstat is a system call implementation that is meant for user space, and that copies kernel-internal data structure to the user format, which is not needed for in-kernel users. Further, as we rearrange the system call implementation so we can extend it with 64-bit time_t, the prototype for

[PATCH 02/19] initramfs: use vfs_stat/lstat directly

2015-05-06 Thread Arnd Bergmann
sys_newlstat is a system call implementation that is meant for user space, and that copies kernel-internal data structure to the user format, which is not needed for in-kernel users. Further, as we rearrange the system call implementation so we can extend it with 64-bit time_t, the prototype for